Certified Grief Counselor: Specializing in Grief and Loss
Compassionately supporting, teaching, and advocating for those who are grieving: Death and loss, end of life counseling/preparation, and life review and legacy work.
Grief. Though rarely sought out is a capacity as necessary to our emotional and communal
well-being as the ability to love. It is above all a human process. Grief is not meant to be endured in
isolation. And intentional, conscious grieving is a skill that many of us must learn. Providing support
and guidance in this process is both an honor and a calling and something which continues to
inspire me towards a greater learning.
In working with both those who are dying and those who have lost someone or something they have
loved, I have come to understand that grief not only shapes us, but can become a transformative
process if we allow it. While something both learned and discovered, the capacity of grief is to
connect us to ourselves, our relationships, and to life in a deeper, more honest manner. Its invitation
is to orient us towards truth, compassion, and connection. And teaches us allowance and capacity in
the most difficult of waters which can be ferocious, isolating, and overwhelming. Waters that can
subsume. This is a hard won, messy, and imperfect journey. An endurance event. On our way we
need support, nourishment, and capacity towards orienting to this new way of living. This new life we
never asked for, but which is. And how we can carry the many accompanying emotions forward in a
way that is generative.
As one who has learned grief through my own experiences of devastation (as well as professionally),
I believe that I am not able to take anyone where I have not been myself. And continue to learn,
grow, teach, and be widened by this thing called living and dying. I am truly honored to support you
where you are.
Credentials:
LPCC
Certified Grief Counselor, CGC
Certified in EMDR
Trained in Grief Ritual
Trained in Mindful Self-Compassion for Shame
Therapy Specialties include:
Grief and Loss
Grief Ritual
Trauma and PTSD
Crisis Management
Mindful Self-Compassion
Life Transitions
Life Review and Legacy work
Internal Family Systems (IFS)
EMDR
Existential Struggles
Shame
Mindfulness/Meditation/Embodiment
Anxiety/Depression
Availability: In office Mondays, Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays